Harry Charles Talbott
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel page 5A - March 18, 2021
Harry C. Talbott, 86, for 63
years the beloved husband of
Bonnie, died on Sunday, March
14, 2021, at his Palisade home.
He was surrounded by family
and friends.
Born in 1934 to Harry and
Margaret Talbott in Montrose,
CO, he accepted Jesus Christ as
his Lord and Savior and was baptized at age ten.
Harry graduated Palisade High School in 1952; Mesa Junior
College in 1954, and Ottawa University, Ottawa KS, 1957. He
received his master’s degree in environmental science from the
University of Oklahoma in 1966.
He served in the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of Sargent
First Class before being honorably discharged in 1963.
Harry taught science at both GJ Junior High and Central High
School before returning to full-time farming in 1976.
He served on the Mesa County Planning Commission and was
actively involved in preservation of Palisade area farmland. He was
a founder of Mesa County Land Conservancy that was organized as
the first agricultural land trust in Colorado.
Harry has been honored by Western Colorado Horticultural
Society as “Peach Grower of the Year” and “Honorary Lifetime
Member.” In 2018 he was inducted into the Colorado Agricultural
Hall of Fame.
Harry was an active member in the First Baptist Church of
Palisade, supported the Child and Migrant Ministry and was an
active supporter of the Grand Mesa Baptist Camping Program. He
was actively involved in the Boy Scouts both as a scout and later as
a scout leader.
His parents preceded Harry in death as did his sister, Juanita
O’Neall, and brothers, Lyman Wallace and Lyle Talbott.
Surviving Harry are his wife, Bonnie; brother, Ross Talbott
(Ramona), of New Castle, CO; sons, Bruce (Lynette), Charlie
(Brenda), David, and Nathan (Vita), of Palisade, CO; daughter,
Kathy, of Grand Junction, CO; 16 grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren.
Memorial service at First Baptist Church of Palisade, CO, 11:00
a.m., March 20, 2021.
The service will be live streamed at www.talbottfarms.com at
11:00 a.m., the day of the service.
In lieu of flowers as a memorial the family requests contributions
be sent to Grand Mesa Christian Association Endowment Fund, c/o
Carlyle Currier, P.O. Box 40, Molina, CO 81646.
